Future (4e Sourcebook)/Character Creation

Characters from Phantasy Star Online

To create your Future character, go through these steps:

1. Select two Origins: a primary and secondary.
   • Your Primary Origin determines your primary ability score, which will be 18.
   • Your Secondary Origin determines your secondary ability score, which will be 16. If your secondary ability is the same as your primary, then your primary ability score is 20.
   • Your remaining ability scores are determined by rolling 3d6 for each, in order.
   • Some origins have a Power Source. You gain a +2 bonus to overcharge rolls on Techniques that have the same power source as your primary origin.
2. You gain:
   • all of the level 1 traits from your primary and secondary origins.
   • the novice power from each origin
   • skill bonuses related to your origins
   • one Technique of your choice which you can use once per encounter.
   • one second wind per encounter
3. All characters the following statistics:
   • Hit Points at 1st Level: 12 + your Constitution score
   • Bloodied Value: Half your hit point total, rounded down
   • Hit Points per Level Gained: 5
   • Fortitude Defense: 10 + your level + the better of your Strength or Constitutiuon modifiers
   • Reflex Defense: 10 + your level + the better of your Dexterity or Intelligence modifiers
   • Will Defense: 10 + your level + the better of your Wisdom or Charisma modifiers
   • Armour Class: 10 + your level + armor bonus + shield bonus, if any; if you're wearing light armor or no armor, add the better of your Dexterity or Intelligence modifiers.
   • Speed: 6
   • Initiative Modifier: Your dexterity modifier + your level
   • Attack Bonus (Weapon): Best modifier from the weapon's key ability score pair + your level +weapon accuracy bonus
   • Attack Bonus (Power): The power's key ability modifier + your level + the power's accuracy modifier (or weapon accuracy bonus if the power works with a weapon)
   • Skill Level: The skill's key ability modifier + your level + bonuses granted from origin + bonus to one random skill.
4. Choose your equipment.

[edit] Skills

As noted above, once origins are determined a character receives a bonus to a random skill. Roll 1d10 and consult the table below. You gain a +4 bonus to that skill, which stacks with any bonuses from your origins.

[edit] Gaining Levels

Use the XP progression from vanilla D&D. In addition to increasing attack, defense, initiative and skill check modifiers by 1 every level, a character gains the following benefits:

You may also retrain one Technique.

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